On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 10:39:46 +0000 (GMT), Philip Hazel
<ph10@???> wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Marc Haber wrote:
>> In my opinion, Sender: should not be generated by default, and users
>> should be able to define their own envelope sender. Anybody running an
>> MTA in a classic UNIX multi-user environment should be free to
>> configure the MTA to generate a Sender: header and to generate the
>> envelope sender as well. Optionally.
>
>I have been watching this discussion. Quite apart from any points that
>have been raised on either side, there is one overwhelming reason for
>not changing the base distribution of Exim: backwards compatibility.
Accepted.
>If those who package up Exim for specific distributions, e.g. Debian,
>want to make changes to the default configuration in their
>distributions, that is their prerogative and they are of course entirely
>free to do so. I believe that there are sufficient options in Exim to
>configure it to handle Sender: header lines any way that anybody might
>want. If not, I will always consider suggestions for change.
Do you have an opinion about the package that is responsible for quite
a part of exim's user base adapting its default behavior to what I
have suggested in the start of this thread? A few lusers will show up
here with their questions instead of filing their issues with the
Debian BTS.
Greetings
Marc
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